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After 15 years in the Chair it is difficult to know where to start this report and probably more difficult to know where to finish. Of course there are the normal thankyous etc. and I‘ll get to those later but I’m really struggling with my final message.
You see, at the moment I honestly think Rugby in this country is in trouble. I won’t
even comment on the threat from other codes, I’ll restrict my comments to our game.
Let’s start with the product itself. The ELVs are now gone, dispatched in one of many notable stupid decisions made by Rugby over the past century or so. We now revert to a contest of set pieces and penalty shootouts, mostly courtesy of the lottery known as the breakdown. With in excess of 20 offences that can be penalised at the breakdown, all you need is an officious referee (and there are plenty of those) and you have a formula for frustration and disappointment. There was some respite with the ELVs, with the short arms facilitating ‘play on’ but no more. We’ve had our spoonful of sugar and now it’s back to the cod liver oil we had before.
And it won’t work. Why? Because when the game went professional the game changed, as it had to. There was a recognition that we needed to entertain; we needed a product that attracted the punters, the event-goers. The purists didn’t necessarily agree with that view. They revelled in the dour struggles of old and took comfort in the fact that they actually thought they understood what was going on in close quarters. You know the purists. They’re the ones who are still complaining about that bloody music. Anyway, the good guys won and for a while the world was full of beauty.
But things have changed again. The players are bigger, faster and stronger, the gaps fewer and the defence better. What does that lead to? You guessed it, more breakdowns and a better than even chance of a penalty. The supposed solution to this is kicking the ball downfield so that you can play outside kicking range. With a growing number of prodigious kickers that distance can be up to 60 metres. Then there is the credo that ‘winning ugly’ is completely acceptable. The end result is the crowds stay away in their thousands.
That’s on the field. Off the field the reality is, at the provincial level particularly, that the model is precarious at best. Ever increasing player salaries, spectator expectations, sponsorship demands and the responsibility for the community game at all levels, all on the back of 6 or 7 nights a year doesn’t make sense in anyone’s language. From a NSW perspective, throw in a couple of Friday night games, a dud draw, an hour and a half to get to the stadium and an hour to get out of the car park,
rude stadium staff and boring rugby and it’s a pretty hard sell job.
Having said that though, NSW Rugby needs us all to get behind the Waratahs. Because without healthy crowd numbers, rugby at all levels is under threat. The expanded competition in 2011, with more local derbies, can’t come soon enough and at least that should generate desperately needed additional revenue.
Unfortunately though, that doesn’t solve many of the other challenges facing the game. Rugby is indeed blessed that the true believers, by and large, have held firm until now because as we know, there is more to Rugby than the game itself. To many the ‘game’ is just the excuse to enjoy everything else that happens around rugby. Those mysterious, intangible qualities that are wrapped up and referred to as the ethos of the game. The lifetime friendships forged on and off the field and the ‘good times’ left on tour. Those of us who were fortunate enough to enjoy ‘the good times’ can only feel sorry for the professional players of today who are now under such scrutiny and control they may never get to experience ‘all of rugby’. When life under the microscope and virtual emasculation tempers the desire to represent at the highest level, then ‘Houston we have a problem’. And don’t believe for a minute that’s not happening.
Anyway, enough of that. Thank God for Subbies. Ironically, Suburban Rugby has been a major beneficiary of the game turning professional in 1995, having embraced change in a most positive manner. Whilst the ethos and spirit of the game has changed little during my tenure, the modus operandi of Suburban Rugby has evolved significantly.
Increased staffing levels have allowed for increased professionalism and shifted duties formally undertaken by volunteers to skilled staff who were able to dedicate their time in a fulltime manner. Complementing the staff has been the Union’s approach to technology... working smarter not harder.
In the mid 1990s the Union forged a very strong partnership with Interfuse who went on to develop the Union’s website and competition management system. This saw Suburban Rugby become the first Union in the world to move to online result sheets in the early 2000s. This technology has now been embraced by the ARU and rolled out nationally. Benefits such as SMSing and posting all results, tables and club championships online early Saturday evening is a credit to our staff and the technology the Union has invested in.
An emphasis on Colts and their inclusion in the club championship structure has improved clubs’ participation base, whilst new competitions such as the popular U85KG Cup has opened the game up to players that would have otherwise stopped playing or were not playing at all.
The Union’s relationship with NSWRU is solid and harmonious, and our move to the NSWRU at the SFS in 2002 was a key factor in forging the ongoing strength and direction. The Union is now entrusted with managing
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all Sydney based competitions be it Premiership, Juniors, Women or Masters.
Modernisation of the constitution, board conferences, coaching nights held mid week rather than weekends, introduction of Club of the Year awards, improved corporate sponsorship and support, publication of the Union’s history during our Centenary year, and assisting with the re-establishment of Sydney Juniors by providing generous financial and administrative support are just a few examples of some of the important initiatives and milestones achieved over the last few years.
This year I was fortunate to see a broad cross section of the competition, and the final series was up there with any of the previous years I have witnessed. Congratulations to all the winners and in particular to those clubs who have earned promotion.
On a personal note I would like to say that having a cup named in my honour on Presentation Night was a humbling experience and one I will treasure. I look
forward to presenting it to the winners for many years to come.
And whilst my tenure comes to a close this evening I can proudly report that the Union is in a solid financial, management and administrative position. We are the envy of other Unions and I am confident that the new Chairman and Board will continue to ensure that we remain a strong and vibrant Union, dedicated and focussed on its core business of providing well-run and viable rugby competitions for all who want to compete. To those board members, staff, players and volunteers past and present with whom I have had the pleasure to work, well done and thank you. I have no doubt you will continue to promote and progress Suburban Rugby into the future.
Ian Ross
Chairman
Patron:Not appointed
Life Members:Phil Brown
Brent Halligan
Damian Henry
Dan Moore
Gary Patterson
Ian Ross
President:Dan Moore
Chairman:Ian Ross
Treasurer:Paul Timmins
Board Members:Mark Green
Paul Hughes
Alan Jones
Michael Kennedy
Damian Loone
Peter Macklin
Rick Morris
John Slender
Judiciary:Mark Groom (Chairman)
Tony Beger (Deputy Chairman)
Geoff Cramp
Jim Melrose
Philip Sutherland
Appeals Tribunal:Richard Harvey (Chairman)
Paul Angus
Phil Brown
Warren Gorman
Danny Hinton
Executive Director:Mark Green
Suburban Competition Manager:Tim Richards
Premiership Competition Manager:Lisa Kinny
Auditors:Hill, Rae & Embrey
Office Bearers
Mark Green 8/8 Dan Moore 7/8Paul Hughes 5/8 Rick Morris 8/8Alan Jones 8/8 Ian Ross 7/8Michael Kennedy 7/8 John Slender 6/8Damian Loone 6/8 Paul Timmins 5/8Peter Macklin 5/8
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Unfortunately, this annual report marks the end of an era in Suburban Rugby with the retirement of our Chairman, Ian “Cowboy” Ross. Ian has been part of the woodwork of Suburban Rugby - as a player in the early 1970s and then as a very successful administrator rising through the Club, Suburban and NSW ranks.
In a farewell at this year’s presentation night, Cowboy spoke emotionally about Suburban Rugby and the future of the game. Fittingly, Suburban Rugby presented Cowboy with a perpetual trophy named in his honour. Cowboy undoubtedly leaves the Union in much better shape than when he started, and he has overseen a transformation of Suburban Rugby from a fledgling one man operation to a vibrant, professionally run sport. Cowboy’s legacy will benefit this Union well beyond his retirement and we wish him well.
This year the Club Championship was contested under a new point structure that takes into account bonus points scored in each grade. Congratulations to Knox Old Boys for winning the Kentwell Cup Premiership and the Bruce Graham Shield for Division One Club Champions. Congratulations to Lindfield who won the Reliance Shield for Division Two Club Champions, earning promotion to Division One the for first time since 1996. And Hunters Hill, who won the Doc Harris Shield for Division Three champions and will be promoted to Division Two. Barker Old Boys won their second consecutive Barraclough Cup, by a point, this time over UNSW. Barker’s coach, Alan Astley, was recognised as the Union’s Coach of the Year. Merrylands, who were in Division Four this time last year, managed to win three Division Three premierships, including the Clark Cup.
Disappointingly, the Union was unable to run a viable Division Four competition in 2009. Whilst this lost a vital pathway for clubs from lower divisions, it had a positive effect on the divisions either side - with Division Three fielding 10 clubs for the first time in many years and Division Five having 12 solid clubs, allowing them to contest part of the season within their region. This proved highly popular and successful. Whilst the Union continues to promote a Division Four, we would not reintroduce it at the expense of weakening other competitions. Even without Division Four, team numbers were up on 2008 - thanks to a full complement of 10 clubs in Division Three, 12 clubs in Division Five and 14 in Division Six, as
well as 18 regular teams in the Halligan Cup. Also, the introduction of the new Sydney-wide colts competition, the Radford Cup, helped boost numbers with seven teams participating. Roseville won the Radford Cup, which was last contested in 1997. This augurs well for the introduction of club championship points for Division Three colts in 2010. Under 85KG rugby continued in 2009, with Lloyd McDermott (National Indigenous team) participating for the first time and finishing runners up to Mosman.
Congratulations to Aaron Loxley for winning the Kentwell Medal for the most outstanding player in Division One. Well done also to Knox’s Alex Anderson who won the Golden Boots for Man of the Match in the Kentwell Cup Grand Final. Hunters Hill won the overall Club of the Year for their outstanding on and off field efforts during the last 12 months. The prestigious Service to Rugby Award was awarded to Clive Nettleton, who has devoted a lifetime of service to St Ives Rugby Club. This completed a remarkable string of awards to the trio of long serving St Ives administrators - Joy Johnson (2008) and Graeme Kennan (1998) having previously won this award. Clive was unable to receive his award in person at the presentation night due to ill health, however the Union wishes him a speedy recovery.
Jim Melrose was recognised at the presentation night for his 10 years service on the Judiciary. Together with Mark Groom (Chairman), Tony Beger (Deputy Chairman), Philip Sutherland, Geoff Cramp, Jim Smith, Matt Payne and Joanne Harrison, the Judiciary met on 28 occasions during the season doing a very difficult job well – thank you.
John Morrison returned as coach of the NSW Suburban representative team and reclaimed the Barraclough Shield at Ballymore in June in convincing style. The Union looks forward to our annual clash against Queensland Suburban in Sydney next year on the June long weekend. A curtain raiser at the SFS on Saturday 15 May against NSW Country will also be contested.
The Union made a modest operating surplus in 2009. This was helped by a rally in the stock market over the last six months which improved the paper profit of the Union significantly. Although the investment is still nowhere near the lofty heights of 2007, the Board views this investment as a long term strategy and part of its overall investment mix. However, Suburban Rugby is not immune from the economic climate around us. Losing our major sponsor midway through a two year agreement and a reduction in the Union’s grant from NSW Rugby Union could have meant a disastrous year for the Union. Instead, the Union took a number of proactive measures in terms of cost
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saving and revenue generation, without impacting directly on clubs, to ensure that the grim outlook around us did not eat into the Union’s reserves. Finals series attendance was the best in five years which helped the bottom line - no doubt this correlates with the fine weather this year across the eight weekends of finals.
Congratulations to Damian Henry who was awarded life membership of the Union at this corresponding meeting last year, following 14 years’ outstanding service to the Board and his club, Brothers. With Damian moving on, the Union welcomed Damian Loone (Rouse Hill) onto the Board, representing Division Five and Six. Thank you to all other Board members who met regularly at Board and Sub-committee level during the course of the year.
Matt Want left the Union during the course of the year and was not replaced, so I must thank Tim Richards and Lisa Jane Kinny for sharing the additional workload during the busy season. Their dedication and commitment to the position is second to none and without them Suburban Rugby would not operate as efficiently or effectively. Michael Bell, Lachlan McBain and Michael Kline continue to make inroads in Junior rugby. Sydney Juniors is currently undergoing a restructure, the result of which should allow them to maximise the economies of scale and continue to improve the professionalism and service offered to Junior rugby clubs.
The Union continues to work very closely with NSW Rugby Union, Chairman Ed Zemancheff and CEO Jim L’Estrange who are strong supporters of the Union and we thank them and their staff for their ongoing assistance.
Thank you to the Union’s sponsors. In 2009 we welcomed Skins as a sponsor, so thank you to Hodgie for your support. Pleasingly, all our long term partners continued their association with the Union and we thank them for that: Hartley Anderson at Coke (15 years), Chris Clark at Interfuse (13 years), John Blondin at Australian Rugby Review (13 years), Cameron Black at Gilbert (13 years), Rob Baumann at Leuko (11 years), Michael Zann at Icons of Sport (5 years), Brian Travers at IST (4 years), and Scott Philipson at ISC (4 years).
Issues such as amateurism within Suburban Rugby and the season structure are firmly on the Board’s agenda, and we will continue to review these items and make decisions in the bests interests of Suburban Rugby and the Game.
Finally, thank you to all the volunteers for your tremendous efforts throughout the year. I look forward to your continued support in 2010 and beyond.
Mark Green
Executive Director
Kentwell Cup Premiers Knox Old BoysCREDITS: Pic’n’Drive Sports Photograpy
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Kentwell MedalAaron Loxley *(Campbelltown) Shane Mcleod (St Patricks) Oliver Sheer (Knox Old Boys)Mark Wilkinson (Kings Old Boys)
Barraclough MedalRyan Brownette (St Ives) Sione Fakaluho (St Ives) Hazely Kara (Waverley)Fraser Leavasa * (Oatley)
Clark MedalPaul Lambert (Epping) Chad Maher * (Blacktown) Matt McIntyre (Brothers) Max Ng Lam (Merrylands)
Jeffrey MedalJerome Bowden (Rockdale) Pat McDonnell (Sydney Harlequins) Johan Moll (St George) Tom Solomon * (Rouse Hill)
Meldrum MedalFarjan Atshan (Roseville) Epineha Cribb (Manly Savers) Andrew Mason (Roseville)Tom Tudehope * (Redfield)
Colts MedalLuke Bradnam (Forest) Will Martin * (Colleagues)Henry Mortlock (Colleagues)Zachary Stollznow (Mosman)
* Denotes winner
Golden Boots Award – Kentwell Cup Grand Final Man of the MatchAlex Anderson (Knox Old Boys)
Coach of the YearAlan Astley (Barker Old Boys)
Service to Rugby AwardClive Nettleton (St Ives)
Honour Roll
Club of the Year
Brian Travers from International Sports Tours presents the Kentwell Medal to Aaron Loxley
Division OneMosman
Division TwoUNSW
Division ThreeHunters Hill*
Division FiveRouse Hill
Division Six Dee Why * Denotes overall club of the year
Mark Green presents Mosman President Damon Lynch with the Div One Club of the Year Award
Ian Ross presenting Union cufflinks to long serving Judiciary member, Dr James Melrose
CREDITS: Pic’n’Drive Sports Photograpy
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The 2009 Judiciary story is very similar to last year, with no change in the overall number of send-offs.
Striking, as always, is the most prevalent offence. Referee abuse remains a scourge on our game, with this year’s figures showing a troubling increase in the number of club officials cited for this offence - nearly a third of all referee abuse offences were committed by coaches. This is clearly unacceptable when coaches should be leading the way in stamping out referee abuse.
The Union was this year pleased to recognise the enormous ten year contribution of Judiciary member, Dr. James Melrose. He is a fine servant of the game and he honours us with his service. We thank also the other
judiciary members – Mark Groom (Chairman), Tony Beger (Deputy), Geoff Cramp and Philip Sutherland; and their ‘reserves’ - Joanne Harrison, Matt Payne and Jim Smith.
Two Judiciary cases were sent to the Union’s Appeals Tribunal this year. Both appeals were dismissed. We thank the Tribunal members for their time and expertise - Richard Harvey (Chairman), Paul Angus, Phil Brown, Warren Gorman and Danny Hinton.
The following clubs had no established offences recorded against them in 2009, and the Union applauds them and their players:
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Judiciary Statistics
Div 1: Beecroft Kings Old Boys Div 2: - Div 3: Blacktown Brothers
Div 5: Lane Cove Liverpool Macquarie Uni St George
Sydney Harlequins Wollondilly
Div 6: Dee Why Maccabi Norwest Roseville Seaforth Terrey Hills
Offence �009 �008 Previous Years Send OffsStriking 37 36 2004 128
Dangerous Tackle 9 13 2005 107
Rucking 5 9 2006 124
Referee Abuse 18 17 2007 94
Kicking 2 3 Breach of Tolerable Level2nd Yellow Card 15 9 Merrylands 7 (3 over)
Other 4 4 Chatswood 3 (1 over)
Not Proven 10 9 Rouse Hill 3 (1 over)
Total 100 100
Ian Ross presenting Union cufflinks to long serving Judiciary member, Dr James Melrose
Kentwell Medal Finalist Shane McLeodCREDITS: Pic’n’Drive Sports Photograpy
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Representative Team Report
The mission for the 2009 NSW Suburban Representative team was brief, if not entirely simple – bring back the Barraclough Shield from Queensland.
New coaches John Morrison and Andrew Hill set about that task very early in the season and were determined to achieve it with a raft of fresh faces in the squad.
On the way to the Barraclough Shield showdown at Ballymore, the rep team faced the monumental challenge of an early season match against NSW Country, played as a curtain raiser to a Waratahs match. Unfortunately, this annual clash was played immediately after Round one – far too early for a rep match. Scheduling must be a major consideration for future rep programs.
It was apparent from the start that the Cockatoos were determined to avenge their 2008 defeat. Country scored five tries to three, with three of those tries coming in a blistering start to the match where Country skipped out to a 21 – 0 lead after 20 minutes.
The Country points blitz finally stirred the Suburban team into action, and after mounting a series of attacking raids, halfback Adam Ross (Campbelltown) ran the blind and sold several dummies to defenders to cross for a try.
Subbies continued to mount pressure, finally gaining points from a long range penalty goal to Josh Bohl (St Patricks), making the score-line 21 – 10 at half time.
Country were the first to score in the 2nd half, but the Suburban team responded and mounted a series of attacking raids, resulting in a great try to Chris Sione (Drummoyne).
Subbies continued to attack from the restart, but Country’s defence held up well, and in the seventy fifth minute,
Country prop and man of the match, Fergus McIntosh, celebrated his birthday with a try. The conversion took the score-line out to 35 – 15 and it looked like this would be the end of the scoring for the night.
Suburban had other ideas, and refused to give up, with Ben Gordon (Beecroft) crossing for a try in the final minutes. The conversion by Bohl wrapped up the scoring, with NSW Country running out winners 35 – 22.
Adding to the scheduling issues, the team now had a two month gap until its next game – the main event against Queensland Suburban, to be played at Ballymore on June 13. The squad regathered to prepare, with some new faces and some positional changes.
The Barraclough Shield contest had become much tighter in recent years, with neither side being able to string consecutive wins together since 2004. The Queensland team had changed little in the last four years, with most players and management coming from just one Brisbane team. Coach Morrison was reasonably sure their game plan would not have changed much either. Armed with that knowledge, the squad ran out onto Ballymore well prepared.
NSW began the scoring in the 14th minute with a well constructed try to #8 Shane McLeod (St Patricks). A Josh Bohl (St Patricks) conversion extended the lead to 7 - 0. From the restart, NSW were ruled offside and Qld sharp shooter Gary Blank slotted the penalty goal for a 7 - 3 scoreline.
Ten minutes later five-eighth Ben Gordon (Beecroft) kicked through for inside centre Michael Daff (Beecroft) to touch down under the posts. A simple conversion to Bohl saw the lead extend to 14 - 3. However, once again Qld received a penalty from the restart and landed
NSW Suburban Rugby Union Representative Team with the Barraclough Shield back in safe hands
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Representative Squad 2009: Josh Bohl (St Patricks), Tim Cruikshank (Drummoyne), Mike Daff (Beecroft), Chris Gilmore (Campbelltown), Tai Glassie (Beecroft), Ben Gordon (Beecroft), Dave Hankinson (Drummoyne), Jake Havebond (Waverley), Peter Low (Briars), David Low (Balmain), Josh Maleko (Drummoyne), Tai Marsters (St Patricks), Shane McLeod (St Patricks), Milo Mekaio (St Patricks), Scott Monaghan (Capt) (Drummoyne), Andrew Morris (St Ives), Tom Nielsen (UNSW), Glen Packer (Campbelltown), Sam Raymond (Briars), Adam Ross (Campbelltown), Dylan Schofield (Beecroft), Chris Sione (Drummoyne), Trent Tapp (Drummoyne), Willy Teo (Drummoyne), Matt Walden (UNSW), Chris Watt (Rouse Hill), Jarad Weston (Blacktown), Mark Wilkinson (Kings Old Boys), John Morrison (Coach), Andrew Hill (Ass. Coach), Paul Orland (Ass. Coach), Tim Richards (Manager), Frank “JJ” Tait (Manager), Louisa McGuiness (Physio), Anthony Moore (Physio), Damian Raper (Physio).
another penalty to stay in touch with NSW.
NSW looked to push clear again from their determined rivals with a try following a 5m scrum at the Qld line. Five eighth Gordon deftly cut back into the forwards, passing to the blindside and setting up Tai Marsters (St Patricks).
In what was now becoming a frustrating (and coach killing) habit, NSW again had trouble controlling possession from the kick-off. The subsequent sin binning of outside centre Peter Low (Briars) for a professional foul in the red zone saw Qld press the NSW line, with prop Leon Makiri barging over in the 40th minute. Qld were able to go to half time still in touch with NSW, down only 8 points, 19 - 11.
An unchanged NSW team ran out in the second half, and whilst Qld opened the scoring with another penalty, it didn’t take long for NSW to push further ahead. After being held up over the tryline, NSW quickly won the resultant 5m scrum, enabling Gordon to throw a perfectly timed pass, finding fullback Bohl running on an exquisite angle to dive untouched under the posts. Converting his own try, man of the match Bohl pushed the lead to 26 - 14.
From this point NSW asserted its dominance and put to rest any doubt that the Barraclough Shield was heading
back to Sydney. A NSW penalty goal was followed by a second converted try from McLeod, who this time smashed his way over the line from a lineout.
A consolation try to QLD was quickly answered by NSW with a spectacular try in the dying minutes to the fantastic finisher, Willy Teo (Drummoyne). Teo gleefully accepted a beautiful ball from rampaging midfield runner Chris Gilmore (Campbelltown) and, after flirting with the sideline, dived over in the corner for the coup de grace.
Thank you to master tactician, John Morrison, in his third stint as Coach of the Rep Team. He was ably assisted by Andrew Hill, who has one of the best rugby brains in the bussiness. Special mention to two club coaches for their assistance, advice and co-operation - Paul Orland from St Patricks and Nathan Wicks from Drummoyne. The Rep Squad was much improved through your help.
Damian Raper was our lead Physio, performing brilliantly, as always. (Although not at night on tour!) He was assisted by Louisa McGuiness and Anthony Moore - thank you for your expertise. And last, but certainly never least, a big thanks to JJ from Drummoyne who helped manage the squad. Job well done, JJ.
Finally, congratulations to all the players, and the clubs they represented so well.
Representative Results NSW Suburban v NSW Country Played at Sydney Football Stadium, 11 April 2009
NSW Country – �� Tries: Fergus McIntosh (2), Gavin Holder, David Kennedy & Mike Te Moana
Conversions: David Kennedy (5)
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NSW Suburban – ��Tries: Ben Gordon, Adam Ross & Chris Sione
Conversions: Josh Bohl (2)
Penalties: Josh Bohl
NSW Suburban v Queensland Suburban Played at Ballymore, Brisbane, 13 June 2009
NSW Suburban – �1 Tries: Shane McLeod (2), Tai Marsters, Willy Teo, Josh Bohl & Mike Daff
Conversions: Josh Bohl (4)
Penalties: Josh Bohl
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Qld Suburban – �1 Tries: Leon Makiri, Chris Bohan
Conversion: Gary Blank
Penalties: Gary Blank (3)
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Division One Grand FinalsKentwell Knox OB 30 def St Patricks 17
Burke Mosman 17 def Beecroft 6
Whiddon Colleagues 11 def St Patricks 6
Judd Old Ignatians 57 def Mosman 7
Sutherland Campbelltown8 def Mosman 3
Barbour Knox OB 20 def Mosman 15
Finals Kentwell St Patricks 25 def Drummoyne 21
Burke Beecroft 25 def St Patricks 7
Whiddon St Patricks 14 def Old Ignatians 7
Judd Mosman 12 def Campbelltown 0
Sutherland Mosman 27 def Colleagues 10
Barbour Knox OB 24 def Forest 21
Semi FinalsKentwell Mjr Knox OB 17 drew Drummoyne 17
Kentwell Mnr St Patricks 24 def Campbelltown 17
Burke Mjr Mosman 14 def Beecroft 7
Burke Mnr St Patricks 22 def Old Ignatians 10
Whiddon Mjr Colleagues 19 def St Patricks 5
Whiddon Mnr Old Ignatians 32 def Knox OB 21
Judd Mjr Old Ignatians 33 def Campbelltown 14
Judd Mnr Mosman 5 def Colleagues 3
Sutherland Mjr Campbelltown21def Drummoyne 12
Sutherland Mnr Mosman 10 def Colleagues 0
Barbour Mjr Mosman 20 def Knox OB 9
Barbour Mnr Forest 17 def Colleagues 15
Sydney ColtsGrand FinalRadford Roseville 15 def Hawkesbury Valley 12
FinalRadford Roseville 22 def Epping 10
Semi FinalsRadford Mjr Hawk. Valley 19 def Roseville 7
Radford Mnr Epping 27 def Colleagues II 17
U8�kgGrand FinalU85kg Cup Mosman 27 def Lloyd McDermott 10
North Harbour ChallengeCup Final Dee Why 29 def Knox OB 5
Plate Final Chatswood 22 def Lindfield 0
Division TwoGrand FinalsBarraclough Barker OB 20 def UNSW 19
Stockdale St Ives 22 def Lindfield 18
Blunt Lindfield 19 drew Hornsby 19
Richardson Waverley 22 def UNSW 5
Robertson Hornsbby 15 def Barker OB 10
FinalsBarraclough UNSW 27 def Oatley 15
Stockdale St Ives 29 def Newport 7
Blunt Lindfield 27 def Blue Mountains 12
Richardson UNSW 28 def Lindfield 5
Robertson Hornsby 17 def Lindfield 13
Semi FinalsBarraclough Mjr Barker OB 12 def Oatley 10
Barraclough Mnr UNSW 47 def Lindfield 12
Stockdale Mjr Lindfield 27 def Newport 17
Stockdale Mnr St Ives 12 def UNSW 5
Blunt Mjr Hornsby 8 def Lindfield 7
Blunt Mnr Blue Mountains 30 def UNSW 3
Richardson Mjr Waverley 17 def Lindfield 12
Richardson Mnr UNSW 12 def Briars 5
Robertson Mjr Barker OB 13 def Lindfield 7
Robertson Mnr Hornsby 21 def UNSW 10
Division ThreeGrand FinalsClark Merrylands 13 def Hunters Hill 12
Farrant Petersham 23 def Hunters Hill 0
Campbell Merrylands 23 def Hunters Hill 21
Nicholson Merrylands 10 def Hunters Hill 5
FinalsClark Hunters Hill 38 def Blacktown 19
Farrant Hunters Hill 32 def Balmain 17
Campbell Merrylands 24 def Petersham 17
Nicholson Hunters Hill 21 def Petersham 7
Semi FinalsClark Mjr Merrylands 32 def Hunters Hill 31
Clark Mnr Blacktown 18 def Balmain 12
Farrant Mjr Petersham 16 def Hunters Hill 12
Farrant Mnr Balmain 22 def Hawkesbury Valley 7
Campbell Mjr Hunters Hill 11 def Petersham 6
Campbell Mnr Merrylands 41 def Hills 12
Nicholson Mjr Merrylands 43 def Hunters Hill 5
Nicholson Mnr Petersham 11 def Brothers 5
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Division FiveGrand FinalsJeffrey Rouse Hill 38 def Rockdale 17
Noice Liverpool 32 def St George 17
Preliminary FinalJeffrey Rockdale 26 def Syd Harlequins 5
Noice Liverpool 17 def Rouse Hill 0
Qualification FinalsJeffrey A Rouse Hill 23 def Syd Harlequins 17
Jeffrey B Rockdale 28 def St George 25
Noice A St George 31 def Liverpool 14
Noice B Rouse Hill 31 def Maquarie Uni 0
Elimination FinalsJeffrey A Rockdale 28 def Liverpool 24
Jeffrey B St George 44 def Maquarie Uni 10
Noice A Maquarie Uni 20 def Fairvale 17
Noice B Rouse Hill 39 def Rockdale 35
Division SixGrand FinalMeldrum Maccabi 24 def Manly Savers 17
Preliminary FinalMeldrum Maccabi 18 def Clovelly 17
Qualification FinalsMeldrum A Manly Savers 16 def Maccabi 14
Meldrum B Clovelly 48 def Canterbury 15
Elimination FinalsMeldrum A Canterbury 34 def Dee Why 17
Meldrum B Clovelly 10 drew Burraneer 10
Division One
Kentwell Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Knox Old Boys 18 12 0 6 496 312 184 64
Drummoyne 18 13 0 5 488 305 183 63
Campbelltown 18 11 1 6 582 359 223 62
St Patricks 18 10 0 8 465 402 63 49
Beecroft 18 8 1 9 330 278 52 44
Forest 18 8 0 10 358 504 -146 43
Kings Old Boys 18 9 0 9 345 415 -70 42
Mosman 18 7 0 11 338 438 -100 34
Old Ignatians 18 6 0 12 290 417 -127 31
Colleagues 18 5 0 13 292 554 -262 26
Burke Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Beecroft 18 14 0 4 380 220 160 64
Mosman 18 12 0 6 393 350 43 58
St Patricks 18 12 0 6 379 279 100 57
Old Ignatians 18 10 2 6 315 296 19 49
Colleagues 18 10 0 8 305 273 32 48
Knox Old Boys 18 9 1 8 349 324 25 45
Forest 18 6 3 9 255 311 -56 36
Kings Old Boys 18 6 1 11 261 327 -66 33
Drummoyne 18 5 1 12 317 435 -118 30
Campbelltown 18 2 0 16 314 453 -139 20
Whiddon Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
St Patricks 18 14 1 3 448 196 252 70
Colleagues 18 14 0 4 351 138 213 67
Old Ignatians 18 10 0 8 288 254 34 48
Knox Old Boys 18 9 1 8 270 298 -28 42
Forest 18 9 0 9 220 246 -26 42
Beecroft 18 8 0 10 206 258 -52 37
Mosman 18 7 1 10 206 305 -99 33
Drummoyne 18 5 2 11 220 283 -63 31
Campbelltown 18 4 2 12 273 396 -123 29
Kings Old Boys 18 6 1 11 159 267 -108 28
Judd Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Old Ignatians 18 18 0 0 581 87 494 86
Campbelltown 18 13 1 4 475 221 254 66
Mosman 18 14 1 3 332 178 154 64
Colleagues 18 12 0 6 360 147 213 56
St Patricks 18 9 0 9 276 271 5 43
Drummoyne 18 7 0 11 152 365 -213 30
Beecroft 18 6 0 12 210 316 -106 28
Forest 18 4 1 13 245 388 -143 24
Kings Old Boys 18 4 0 14 115 475 -360 18
Knox Old Boys 18 1 1 16 151 449 -298 8
Competition Tables
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Sutherland Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Campbelltown 18 17 0 1 496 130 366 80
Drummoyne 18 14 1 3 369 175 194 67
Mosman 18 12 1 5 358 118 240 62
Beecroft 18 11 0 7 213 170 43 49
Old Ignatians 18 11 0 7 276 237 39 49
St Patricks 18 9 0 9 246 264 -18 43
Colleagues 18 6 0 12 233 210 23 35
Kings Old Boys 18 7 0 11 191 229 -38 31
Forest 18 2 0 16 152 497 -345 9
Knox Old Boys 18 0 0 18 0 504 -504 -4
Barbour Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Mosman 18 16 0 2 447 155 292 74
Knox Old Boys 18 13 2 3 588 130 458 70
Colleagues 18 14 1 3 426 166 260 67
Forest 18 13 0 5 399 205 194 62
St Patricks 18 8 0 10 263 320 -57 39
Beecroft 18 7 0 11 256 335 -79 37
Kings Old Boys 18 7 1 10 273 375 -102 36
Old Ignatians 18 7 0 11 238 315 -77 33
Drummoyne 18 2 0 16 127 580 -453 11
Campbelltown 18 1 0 17 180 616 -436 10
Division Two
Barraclough Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Barker Old Boys 18 15 0 3 440 265 175 69
Oatley 18 13 0 5 515 261 254 66
UNSW 18 13 0 5 569 283 286 63
Lindfield 18 12 0 6 541 330 211 61
St Ives 18 11 0 7 446 307 139 55
Waverley 18 10 0 8 466 423 43 49
Briars 18 6 0 12 392 533 -141 35
Newport 18 4 0 14 298 494 -196 23
Blue Mountains 18 4 0 14 280 615 -335 21
Hornsby 18 2 0 16 294 730 -436 19
Stockdale Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Lindfield 18 18 0 0 613 122 491 86
Newport 18 14 0 4 484 226 258 68
UNSW 18 11 1 6 479 236 243 59
St Ives 18 10 1 7 398 274 124 52
Barker Old Boys 18 10 0 8 480 320 160 50
Oatley 18 8 0 10 298 381 -83 40
Waverley 18 7 1 10 292 340 -48 39
Briars 18 6 0 12 329 394 -65 33
Blue Mountains 18 4 0 14 224 518 -294 20
Hornsby 18 0 1 17 132 918 -786 0
Blunt Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Hornsby 18 15 0 3 454 142 312 70
Lindfield 18 13 0 5 421 173 248 64
UNSW 18 13 0 5 382 125 257 61
Blue Mountains 18 12 1 5 306 169 137 56
Oatley 18 10 0 8 277 283 -6 47
Barker Old Boys 18 9 0 9 304 323 -19 43
Briars 18 5 2 11 277 445 -168 28
Newport 18 4 1 13 167 442 -275 23
St Ives 18 3 2 13 125 388 -263 18
Waverley 18 3 0 15 146 369 -223 15
Richardson Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Waverley 18 18 0 0 729 67 662 89
Lindfield 18 14 0 4 308 140 168 66
UNSW 18 13 1 4 294 147 147 59
Briars 18 11 0 7 280 161 119 52
Newport 18 9 0 9 238 233 5 44
Hornsby 18 7 2 9 204 333 -129 37
Barker Old Boys 18 7 0 11 248 278 -30 35
Oatley 18 4 0 14 187 357 -170 23
St Ives 18 3 1 14 112 450 -338 13
Blue Mountains 18 2 0 16 86 520 -434 9
Robertson Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Barker Old Boys 18 17 0 1 493 154 339 80
Lindfield 18 14 0 4 490 177 313 73
Hornsby 18 13 1 4 381 159 222 64
UNSW 18 10 0 8 345 263 82 51
Waverley 18 10 0 8 380 286 94 50
Newport 18 9 0 9 319 242 77 43
St Ives 18 8 1 9 289 270 19 43
Oatley 18 5 0 13 223 377 -154 20
Briars 18 3 0 15 121 609 -488 7
Blue Mountains 18 0 0 18 0 504 -504 0
Division Three
Clark Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Merrylands 18 17 0 1 586 302 284 75
Hunters Hill 18 13 1 4 548 277 271 69
Balmain 18 11 1 6 451 368 83 58
Blacktown 18 12 0 6 356 256 100 57
Epping 18 11 0 7 384 328 56 51
Petersham 18 7 0 11 262 321 -59 33
Hawkesbury Valley 18 6 1 11 282 347 -65 32
UWSH 18 5 0 13 310 518 -208 30
Brothers 18 5 0 13 307 485 -178 28
Hills 18 1 1 16 188 472 -284 8
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Farrant Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Petersham 18 15 1 2 498 173 325 73
Hunters Hill 18 15 0 3 407 172 235 70
Balmain 18 11 1 6 390 230 160 57
Hawkesbury Valley 18 10 1 7 302 212 90 51
Blacktown 18 9 0 9 384 153 231 47
Merrylands 18 8 1 9 478 323 155 45
UWSH 18 7 0 11 327 422 -95 33
Hills 18 6 2 10 262 327 -65 33
Epping 18 6 0 12 279 363 -84 32
Brothers 18 0 0 18 34 986 -952 0
Campbell Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Hunters Hill 18 17 0 1 458 76 382 79
Petersham 18 15 1 2 462 105 357 71
Merrylands 18 12 1 5 438 209 229 60
Hills 18 10 0 8 307 236 71 49
Balmain 18 10 0 8 305 172 133 47
Blacktown 18 8 2 8 265 226 39 44
Epping 18 7 0 11 294 385 -91 36
Hawkesbury Valley 18 5 0 13 183 298 -115 26
UWSH 18 2 0 16 157 645 -488 13
Brothers 18 2 0 16 106 623 -517 10
Nicholson Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Merrylands 18 16 0 2 639 139 500 76
Hunters Hill 18 14 1 3 404 148 256 66
Brothers 18 11 2 5 293 168 125 55
Petersham 18 11 0 7 278 181 97 51
Hills 18 8 3 7 177 247 -70 42
Balmain 18 5 3 10 190 270 -80 35
UWSH 18 7 0 11 268 300 -32 34
Hawkesbury Valley 18 7 1 10 124 309 -185 31
Blacktown 18 3 2 13 127 370 -243 20
Epping 18 2 0 16 92 460 -368 11
Division Five
Jeffrey Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Rouse Hill 16 14 0 2 640 191 449 69
Sydney Harlequins 16 14 0 2 626 232 394 68
Rockdale 16 13 0 3 592 223 369 67
Macquarie University 16 11 0 5 450 196 254 57
St George 16 11 0 5 372 283 89 52
Liverpool 16 9 0 7 435 383 52 47
Notre Dame 16 7 1 8 332 301 31 39
Wollondilly 16 6 0 10 298 605 -307 30
Lane Cove 16 4 0 12 196 459 -263 20
Fairvale 16 2 0 14 226 631 -405 15
Oakhill 16 3 1 12 192 463 -271 14
Chatswood 16 1 0 15 185 577 -392 9
Noice Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
St George 16 13 0 3 519 205 314 63
Liverpool 16 12 0 4 498 180 318 63
Macquarie University 16 13 1 2 433 134 299 62
Rouse Hill 16 11 0 5 435 213 222 54
Rockdale 16 9 0 7 364 266 98 46
Fairvale 16 8 0 8 418 317 101 43
Oakhill 16 9 1 6 280 170 110 38
Sydney Harlequins 16 7 0 9 291 300 -9 35
Lane Cove 16 8 0 8 177 312 -135 34
Notre Dame 16 4 0 12 154 452 -298 20
Chatswood 16 1 0 15 113 620 -507 6
Wollondilly 16 0 0 16 68 581 -513 -1
Division Six
Meldrum Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Manly Savers 14 12 0 2 461 202 259 56
Maccabi 14 11 0 3 674 199 475 55
Dee Why 14 10 0 4 340 170 170 50
Clovelly 14 9 1 4 460 314 146 49
Burraneer 14 9 0 5 402 229 173 48
Canterbury 14 9 1 4 327 355 -28 45
Redfield 14 8 2 4 369 243 126 43
Bankstown 14 6 0 8 288 378 -90 30
Roseville 14 6 1 7 273 301 -28 27
Dundas Valley 14 6 0 8 292 295 -3 26
Terrey Hills 14 4 1 9 167 381 -214 21
Seaforth 14 3 0 11 145 391 -246 14
Killara West Pymble 14 1 0 13 216 451 -235 5
Norwest 14 1 0 13 136 641 -505 -2
Waverley’s Barraclough Medal Finalist, Hazley Kara
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U8�kg
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Mosman 7 7 0 0 246 22 224 34
Knox Old Boys 7 6 0 1 172 74 98 28
Lloyd McDermott 7 5 0 2 221 53 168 27
Dee Why 7 3 0 4 125 94 31 16
Hunters Hill 7 3 0 4 63 146 -83 13
Chatswood 7 2 0 5 63 189 -126 8
Lindfield 7 1 1 5 39 159 -120 6
St Ives 7 0 1 6 30 222 -192 4
Sydney Colts
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Hawkesbury Valley 12 11 0 1 358 86 272 52
Roseville 12 10 0 2 270 75 195 47
Colleagues II 12 7 0 5 143 144 -1 33
Epping 12 4 1 7 185 141 44 26
Gordon IV 12 5 0 7 169 251 -82 23
Lindfield II 12 3 1 8 124 277 -153 17
Beecroft II 12 1 0 11 37 312 -275 6
Halligan Cup
Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Mosman I 18 17 0 1 476 130 346 79
Waverley I 18 15 1 2 484 137 347 73
Macquarie Uni 16 10 1 5 261 171 90 48
Petersham 17 10 0 7 241 230 11 46
Waverley II 17 8 0 9 357 306 51 42
Forest 13 8 1 4 216 184 32 39
Epping 15 8 0 7 263 294 -31 38
Coll. Convicts 17 6 2 9 206 283 -77 34
Maccabi 10 5 1 4 176 140 36 26
Hills I 13 4 1 8 199 228 -29 26
Hunters Hill 16 5 0 11 143 286 -143 24
Colleagues 11 5 0 6 159 198 -39 23
Roseville I 7 4 1 2 175 113 62 21
Balmain I 14 3 0 11 142 288 -146 16
Blacktown 7 3 0 4 115 109 6 14
UNSW I 13 3 0 10 127 318 -191 14
Briars 11 2 0 9 111 249 -138 12
Redfield 3 2 0 1 49 19 30 10
Coll. Convicts II 7 2 0 5 68 111 -43 10
Mosman II 2 2 0 0 39 7 32 9
Roseville II 1 1 0 0 34 5 29 5
Rockdale 1 1 0 0 24 12 12 5
UNSW II 4 1 0 3 71 104 -33 5
St George 1 1 0 0 10 5 5 4
Beecroft 1 1 0 0 7 5 2 4
Oatley 2 1 0 1 15 40 -25 4
Hills II 1 0 0 1 17 24 -7 1
Chatswood 5 0 0 5 15 125 -110 1
Lane Cove 1 0 0 1 0 24 -24 0
Kings Old Boys 1 0 0 1 0 26 -26 0
Balmain II 1 0 0 1 5 34 -29 0
Division One
Bruce Graham Shield
Knox Old Boys 2640
St Patricks 2585
Mosman 2340
Beecroft 2313
Colleagues 2155
Drummoyne 2155
Campbelltown 2116
Forest 2083
Old Ignatians 2063
Kings Old Boys 1794
Division Two
Reliance Shield
Lindfield 3394
Barker Old Boys 2961
UNSW 2943
Oatley 2403
St Ives 2239
Waverley 2203
Newport 1850
Briars 1532
Hornsby 1333
Blue Mountains 1065
Division Three
Keith Harris Shield
Hunters Hill 3030
Merrylands 2778
Balmain 2347
Petersham 2181
Blacktown 2142
Epping 1755
Hawkesbury Valley 1565
UWSH 1236
Hills 992
Brothers 841
Division Five
David Swan Shield
Rouse Hill 2166
Rockdale 2026
Macquarie Uni 1998
Syd Harlequins 1916
St George 1900
Liverpool 1790
Notre Dame 1098
Lane Cove 848
Fairvale 846
Oakhill 764
Wollondilly 648
Chatswood 270
Club Championship Tables
Old Ignatians win the Judd CupCREDITS: Pic’n’Drive Sports Photograpy
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This year’s AGM marks the end of the active Suburban career of Chairman Ian Ross, after 29 years of service to the Union. Throughout that time, in many different roles, Ian - or “Cowboy” as he is known - has been a tireless worker for the Union and a fierce champion of Suburban Rugby at all levels of the game. Ian has left a lasting legacy that will serve the Union well into the future.
Thank you, Cowboy. You have honoured us with your service to our game.
Thank You, Cowboy
Knox Old Boys:Player 1972 – 1974
Hunters Hill:Player 1975 – 1987
Secretary 1977
Club Captain 1978 – 1979
President 1980 – 1981
President 1993 – 1995
Life Member 1994
NSW Suburban Rugby:Representative Team Manager 1983
Rep Team Selector 1983 – 1984
Board Member 1981–1987 & 1994
Chairman 1995 – 2009
Life Member 2007
NSW Rugby Union:Rugby Committee 1995 – 1997
Director & Chairman Development Committee 1998 – 1999
Director 2003 - 2009
ARU:Council Member 2003-2009
Ian “Cowboy” Ross with the Cup named in his honourCREDITS: Pic’n’Drive Sports Photograpy
NSW Suburban Rugby Union IncRegistered Office:
Gold Members Car Park Sydney Football Stadium, Driver Ave, Moore Park
Postal Address: Locked Bag 1���,
Paddington, NSW, �0�1Telephone: 9323 3400 Facsimile: 9368 7326
Email: [email protected] Web: rugby.net.au
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